Apparatus for transferring knitted fabric.



H. T. FLEISHER.

v APPARATUS FOR TRANSFERRING KNITTED FABRIC.

APPLICATION FILED FEB.4.1916.

1,184,089. Patented May '23, 1916.

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HORACE T. FLEISHER, F PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

APPARATUS FOR TRANSFERRING KNITTED FABRIC.

Application filed February 4, 1916. Serial N 0. 76,142.

To all whom it may concern portions.

Be it known that I, HORACE T. FLEISI-IER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Philadelphia, county of Philadelphia, and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Apparatus for Transferring Knit-ted Fabric, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference belng had to the accompany- I ing drawings, which form a part of this specification. i

In the manufacture of ribbed topped hosiery the ribbed top is first knitted on a machine and taken off it is then placed on a transfer ring or quill ring and transferred to a machine which knits on the leg and foot The ribbed top is looped on the transfer ring by hand. Great difiiculty is experienced in this operationdue to the smallness and great number of stitches, each of which must be placed on an individual quill of the transfer rlng. The operation is rendered much more tedious and diflicult 1n transferring black or gray tops, it being alfrom the most impossible to distinguish the stitches fer ring.

' The object of my invention is to overcome this difiiculty by means of a light so placed anddirected as to shine through both the quills of the transfer ring and the fabric and form a contrast between the fabric and the quills so as to make theindividual quills and stitches stand out and be easily distininvention attached to an ordinary transfer ring cup. Fig. 2 is a horizontal sectional view of Fig. 1.

a represents an ordinary cup used for holding a transfer ring b I c is any convenient support for the trans? fer ring cup a.

d is an ordinary bolt to fasten the transfer ring cup to its support. a

e is a plate of glass of any desired color (preferably green) fitted to the base of the Specification of Letters Patent.

quills and other parts of the trans Patented May 23, 1916.

transfer ring cup (L and fastened to said cup at suitable points I g is a cylinder of any light metal, fitted to the cup a and fastened at-suitable points by means of ears it and-screws j is a base for an electric light socket is, adapted to fit into and close the lower end of the cylinder g.

Z is an ordinary electric light bulb within the cylinder 9.

In practising my invention the light Z is turned on and the transfer ring I) placed in the cup (1. The light is directed by the cylinder 9 so that it shines through the glass 0 It is found-that the employment of my invention an operator working on black or gray goods can, ataa stubstantially' lower rate of pay on a piecework basis, earn more mone than when carr in on the trans:

ferring operation without the aid of my invention. The saving to the manufacturer is found to be great enough to substantially enlarge his margin of profit.

Having now fully described my invention, what I claim and desire to protect by Letters Patent is:

1. The combination with a support adapted to receive a transfer ring, of a source of light, means whereby said light is directed upwardly toward said support, and a medium adapted to modify the light rays 1nterposed between the source of light and the position occupied by the quills of the transfer ring.

2. The combination with an annular support adapted to receive a transfer ring, of a source of li ht arranged to direct light rays upwardly t rough the opening in said support, and a medium, adapted to modify the light rays, extending across the opening in the support.

' 3. The combination with an annularsup-- port adapted to receive a transfer ring, of a source of light, an inclosure secured to and depending from said support and adapted to restrain the diffusion of' the light rays, and

a, medium applied beneath the support and to said inclosure, a lamp secured to said extending across the circular opening therebase, and a. light modifying -medium ap- '10 inand adapted to modify the light rays plied beneath the support and extending passing upwardly therethrough. across the opening therein.

/ 4:. The'combination with an annular sup- In testimony of which invention, I have port adapted to receive a transfer ring, of a hereunto set my hand,-at Philada, Penna., source of light, an inclosure secured try and on this 2nd day of February, 1916.. depending from said'support, a base secured HORACE T. FLEISHER. j 

